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| Ted_Striker:
I would go for paint. Reason being that if it is in a frat house and it will take abuse... why put money in it just for a bunch of drunks to tear it up. Sand and paint it now. let it take the abuse. Then when you graduate and move out... use laminate when the cabinet will be a valued rec room furniture. there is a reason operators just slap paint on it. They know what the cabinet is in for. Hell, put in coin mechs. Then use the quarters you get to buy laminate:). Or if your nice, use the cash for kegs for the next party :). |
| JayTea:
Uhh, I have big friends who like to hit things, but I'm not in a frat house. I used to play football in college, and many of my friends who were big in college are now superfats and alcoholics... thus the need for something durable to cover the cab. It is painted black right now (I did this before I put on the black w/white speckle contac paper to help cover seams) and it looks okay for now. I keep flipping on what I want to do ...I've seen vinyl in the arcades and it looks good, but I know the laminate would look just as sharp, probably better (price=ouch). I guess I'll have to give up golfing for a few weeks in order to smooth it by the pregnant wife (NOTE: not just a wife, PREGNANT wife. It's like I'm cool hand Luke and she' the Warden.... :D |
| SirPoonga:
I'm going to have to say nothing as I didn't use particle board:) |
| southpaw13:
The vinyl from Happs is self adhesive. Easy to work with. Here is some info I received on installing it. Good Luck. Here are some application pointers. :)The vinyl has a self adhesive backing to it. You just peel off the backing and apply it. ;)To apply it, you will first need to remove the t-molding from your cabinet. Removing the t-molding will allow you to trim the excess vinyl off using a razor blade. Make sure the cabinet is stripped of all it's original vinyl. :DThe new vinyl will probably not want to stick to old vinyl. Once all the old vinyl is removed, you will also have to remove any glue that was left behind. Sanding it usually works. It is a painstaking process, but if the wood is not totally smooth, the vinyl may not stick properly. :-*Now, for applying it... you will definitely need two people to apply the vinyl on the sides of the cabinet. (the pieces are just too large for a single person to handle). To apply it, you will have to lay the cabinet down on it's side. Do not try to line up the edge of the vinyl with the edge of the cabinet to save yourself from having to trim a side. Just let the vinyl cover over all sides of the cabinet and trim the excess off. ;DAlso, do not try to apply the entire piece at once. Just start at one end of the cabinet and work your way across to the other end. I usually have someone holding the one end of the vinyl up while I work at the other end. I just peal back about a foot of the backing and apply it to the one end of the game, letting about 2 or 3 inches hang over. I rub it down with a soft cloth or plastic straight edge, making sure to get any air out from underneath. :oOnce that section is down, I have the person holding the other end lower it down a little and then I peal back a little more of the backing and rub that section down. I just keep doing this until I get to the other end of the cabinet. |
| rampy:
--- Quote from: thefootballguy on March 18, 2003, 01:50:42 am ---(NOTE: not just a wife, PREGNANT wife. It's like I'm cool hand Luke and she' the Warden.... :D --- End quote --- "... what we have here... is a failure to communicate..." Just don't try to eat 50 eggs in order to get permission nor cut off the tops of parking meters with a pipe cutter. rampy |
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